JIHAD WATCH 04/02/2020

ISIS Discovers the Cure for Coronavirus: Jihad Of course! What else could it possibly be? My latest in FrontPage: Worried about the coronavirus? Don’t be. All you have to do to make sure you don’t contract the virus is blow yourself up in a crowd of infidels. Well, yes, but there’s always a catch, now, isn’t there? This sage advice for a […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Robert Spencer India: “Infected Muslims want to go and spread Corona to Infidels so they can die in hundreds of thousands” Even if this is never done, the threat of it is enough to accomplish the imperative encapsulated in this Qur’an verse: “And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Robert Spencer Muslim World League leader focuses on “spreading awareness of moderate Islam,” calls for interfaith partnerships “Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, considers interfaith partnerships a ‘religious and moral duty,’ a commitment that has only deepened as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic…..Issa and the Muslim World League have kept the focus on spreading awareness of moderate Islam…” Al-Issa is also a Saudi politician. But is […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Nigeria: Muslims stop vehicles and attack drivers with machetes, five dead, 14 injured Militia member Ibrahim Liman said: “We don’t have the kind of weapons they have to give them a good fight” — “they” being the Islamic State West Africa Province. Where does the Islamic State get these weapons? Who is funding them? The free world should be making a concerted effort to identify and cut off […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Robert Spencer Pakistan: Muslim NGO denies food to poor Hindus and Christians amid coronavirus pandemic “The reason for this is that Zakat, Islamic alms giving (one of Islam’s five pillars), is reserved for Muslims.” Islamic apologists in the West routinely deny that this is the case, but here it is in action. Anyway, if the reverse were true, this story would receive massive international media coverage. But no one will […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Robert Spencer India: ISIS sees chance for jihad in coronavirus pandemic: “Use this opportunity to fill the streets with blood” “And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60) “IS tries to provoke Muslims, says countries fighting coronavirus are easy targets,” […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Robert Spencer India: Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat accused of spreading coronavirus tied to al Qaeda, Taliban, Kashmir jihadis Tablighi Jamaat is a fast growing Islamic revival group that is popular in Southeast Asia. It has been in the headlines of late because of its role in the spread of coronavirus. The group ignored all warnings and went ahead with mega conventions even after the outbreak of the virus. 250,000 people gathered in one […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Christine Douglass-Williams Khamenei Rejects Offer of American Help with Coronavirus (Part 2) Iran refuses to accept the offer of American medical and humanitarian aid. Ayatollah Khomeini finds such an offer “strange.” Perhaps the Americans want to poison the Iranians. Or make it impossible for them to shake off the effects of the coronavirus. They must be up to something. Such kindness from the Great Satan makes no […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Hugh Fitzgerald India: Amid lockdown, Tablighi Jamaat Muslims of Nizamuddin Markaz mosque act as super-spreaders of coronavirus India has been brought to a standstill by a threatening Islamist movement that has aborted all government efforts to contain the contagion, and has taken the deadly virus to masses. An unnerving 3400-strong Muslim congregation at the Nizamuddin Markaz mosque in Delhi defied the lockdown and embarked on an unprecedented bio-war, which you may refer […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Radhika Singh Pakistan: Muslim stabs policeman while trying to escape quarantine, was one of 27 testing positive for coronavirus “As per reports, 27 out of 35 members of the Tablighi Jamaat tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus in Raiwind in Lahore in the Punjab region of Pakistan. The Islamic outfit had organised a religious congregation for 1200 people. The event was later called off thus making it difficult for the members to reach home, […] Read more 2020-04-01  •  Robert Spencer